U+12386 "𒎆" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Tu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒎆
U+12386 "𒎆" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Tu is a compound glyph from the script of ancient Mesopotamia, representing a combination of the signs "Ka" and "Tu" written as a single ligature. This character belongs to the Cuneiform block of the Unicode standard, which was encoded to digitally preserve and study the wedge shaped writing system used for languages such as Sumerian and Akkadian. Its specific phonetic or syllabic value would have been used in administrative, religious, or literary texts on clay tablets, contributing to the broader understanding of Sumerian phonology and scribal conventions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12386 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Tu |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒎆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒎆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8E 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF86 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012386 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf86 |